March 2010
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LHC to aim for a collision event beginning... →
fuckyeahphysics:
On March 19, CERN reached an all-time energy record, managing to fire up two separate proton beams in opposite directions at 3.5 trillion electron volts (TeV). That’s huge. That amount of energy is equivalent to the energy created by a fully-loaded aircraft carrier going 8 knots (about 9 mph). In comparison, the next most powerful accelerator—the Tevatron at Fermilab in...
November 2009
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WatchAh, I’m gonna love Google Wave! Thanks, Alicson!
March 2009
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When I say I love you . . .
ferrydust:
When I say, “I love you,” it’s not because I want you or because I can’t have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try. I’ve seen your kindness and your strength. I’ve seen the best and the worst of you. And I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are.
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Mexico, Say it Ain't So!
So, evidently, Mexico is going to allow the legal introduction of genetically-modified corn into its borders. Mexico is the birthplace of corn, and contains even today contains more than 200 native corn species. Granted that the Mexican government has stated that this will be a test project for study, Mexico has reversed course on its outright ban of GM corn. This may be too much of a...
February 2009
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WatchThis was a fabulous speech, by a thirteen-year-old girl on what Martin Luther King, Jr. would say about current events if he were alive today. From the mouth of babes …
Truy inspiring; I can understand why she won the competition. You have to watch it!
January 2009
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The Obama White House →
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everybodycares:
Although his presidency is barely a week old, some of Mr. Obama’s work habits are already becoming clear. He shows up at the Oval Office shortly before 9 in the morning, roughly two hours later than his early-to-bed, early-to-rise predecessor. Mr. Obama likes to have his workout — weights and cardio — first thing in the morning, at 6:45. (Mr. Bush...
The end of Empathy?
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soupsoup:
The End Of Empathy
Jason:
We Live in Public (and the end of empathy)
We’re all canaries in the coal mines now, like Josh Harris was back in the ’90s. We’re harvesting our lives and putting them online. We’re addicted to gaining followers and friends (or email subscribers, as the case may be), and reading comments we get in return. As we look for validation and our daily...
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Will the Obama Administration uphold the Rule of...
Many people are asking: Will the Obama/Holder Justice Department prosecute Bush Administration officials for their willful breaking of domestic and international law and their corrupt abuses of power? Most conspicuously, will the investigate allegations of torture, and if abuses are found, will the follow the evidence where it leads, will they prosecute? It is one thing to believe that the...
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One of the coolest things ever . . .
A course on Starcraft!! You heard me. UC Berkeley is offering a 2-credit course on the warfare, strategy, and decision-making implications of Starcraft, one of the best RTS games ever produced (and quite possibly, THE best ever produced). Advanced Starcraft Theory anyone? How frelling awesome is that?!
And for more Starcraft awesomeness … .
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http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2008114825/talk... →
This is from Sara Robinson over at ourfuture.org. It was originally posted just prior to Thanksgiving, but I think it is important. Once the euphoria over the newness of the Obama administration fades and tough decisions are being made about increasingly difficult problems, look for one or more of these points to come up as Republican criticisms of the progressives. And I hope they are much...
“According to the Washington Post, the incoming U.S. presidential administration...”
– Mac-savvy Obama staffers frustrated with legacy White House - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) (via dkoder) (via boxy) (via buyhercandy) (via unicornology)
“You’re young until you’re not. You love until you don’t. You try until you...”
– Regina Spektor (via hello-therelove) (via ferrydust)
WatchThe Inaugural Address address of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States of America. 20 January 2009. A day, a moment, a turning point, that I will NEVER forget.
Bummed about the snow
I was supposed to go to Deleware today to buy my new Macbook, a purchase that I have been intending to make for over a year now, once I had saved the money to do so. Today was that day. Then, it decided to snow. The ironic thing is, it is the first somewhat decent snowfall of the season, AND it happened on a day that I had off work already, the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the birth...